Leonard Gowings (1931)

Full titles read: “And now “Pathetone“ presents the Celebrated Tenor - Leonard Gowings - of Concert, Radio and Gramophone fame.“ London (probably Pathe Studios). Various shots of tenor Leonard Gowings in tailcoat, standing beside his lady accompanist (Jean Melville) at the piano as he sings ’Down Vauxhall Way’. The shots are intercut with sequences showing ladies in old-fashioned (1830s?) dress, picking flowers in a garden, the sun breaking through clouds in the sky and flowers in parks. The song is about “the sweetest blossom“ in Vauxhall - a special lady! FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Bri